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Native Plants and Local Ecosystems

Jeff Schalau, Agent, Agric. & Nat. Res. University of Arizona Cooperative Extension, Yavapai County. Native Plants and Local Ecosystems. Yavapai County Factoids. Area is 8,125 mi 2 Elevation ranges from 1,900 to 7,979 ft 26% Private 38% USFS 27% State Lands 9% BLM

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Native Plants and Local Ecosystems

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  1. Jeff Schalau, Agent, Agric. & Nat. Res. University of Arizona Cooperative Extension, Yavapai County Native Plants and Local Ecosystems

  2. Yavapai County Factoids • Area is 8,125 mi2 • Elevation ranges from 1,900 to 7,979 ft • 26% Private • 38% USFS • 27% State Lands • 9% BLM • 0.5% Native American Reservations • Population estimate 211,061 (2010) • Nine incorporated cities/towns

  3. Yavapai County, Arizona

  4. Yavapai County Vegetation Types Montane Conifer Forests (red) Great Basin Grasslands Pinyon Juniper Woodland (straw) Desert Communities (blue) Interior Chaparral (green) Semi-Desert Grasslands (peach)

  5. Pinyon Juniper Woodlands Ponderosa Pine Great Basin Grasslands Interior Chaparral

  6. Joshua Tree near Congress Sonoran Desert near BCC Riparian Area - Beaver Creek Cedar Flats near Camp Verde

  7. Yavapai County Plant Books • Arizona Flora (1960), T.H. Kearny and R.H. Peebles • Seed Plants of Northern Arizona (1973), W.B. McDougall • A Field Guide to Plants of Arizona (1997), A.O. Epple • A Field Guide to Southwestern and Texas Wildflowers (1998), T.F. Niehaus • Weeds of the West (2006), T.D. Whitson

  8. Yavapai County Native Plant Web Resources • Yavapai County Native & Naturalized Plants cals.arizona.edu/yavapaiplants/ • Common Plants of the Verde Valley & Sedona www.naturesongs.com/vvplants/ • USDA Plants Database plants.usda.gov • SEINet swbiodiversity.org/seinet/

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